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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?
(a) Harry's brother
(b) Harry's mother
(c) A colleague from his university
(d) A farmer

2. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(b) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(c) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge
(d) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise

3. How does the water feel to Ransom as he runs through it?
(a) Sticky, like it was clinging to him
(b) Heavier than earth's water
(c) It feels warm
(d) Very cold, almost icy

4. To whom do Devine and Ransom plan to deliver Ransom?
(a) An evil wizard
(b) The elidil
(c) The king of the planet
(d) A sorn

5. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?
(a) A mule braying
(b) He becomes aware of a scuffling sound and sharp voices
(c) Two men singing a walking song
(d) The barking of dogs

6. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:
(a) Jupiter
(b) a large light bulb
(c) the sun
(d) the earth

7. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) He feels powerless to help himself
(b) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(c) He believes that his possible death is nearer
(d) He finally believes he'll never see earth again

8. Why is she concerned about Harry?
(a) Harry has run away from home
(b) Harry has fallen from a tree
(c) He is late returning home from working at The Rise
(d) Harry is on the roof and can't get down

9. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?
(a) The sea creature who attacked Weston and Devine, the hross hunt hnakra
(b) An hnakra is another intelligent creature who act as teachers and nursemaids to the hross' children
(c) The animal the hross uses to herd their domestic animals
(d) A type of land animal similar to a leopard

10. Ransom's new vitality is:
(a) due to being so near the sun's rays
(b) because of the healthy food
(c) because Devine has given him daily doses of concentrated vitamins
(d) because of his elation at finally being in space

11. As Ransom loses consciousness what does he sense?
(a) Being pulled back into the house and the door being shut
(b) That it is very dark in the Rise
(c) That Devine is laughing over him
(d) That Weston and Devine are wrestling on the floor

12. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The nature of his fear and confronting the unknown
(b) Whether summer has started on earth
(c) The amazement of landing on another planet
(d) If Harry's mother will report him missing

13. What does Ransom do first after he arrives at the village?
(a) He falls asleep
(b) He shakes hands with all the hross
(c) He throws a ball with the children
(d) He takes a bath

14. What position does Ransom take on the ship?
(a) Weapons officer
(b) Navigator
(c) Cook
(d) Morale officer

15. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:
(a) Henry
(b) Chris
(c) David
(d) Devine

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom is on the wall, how does he feel?

2. The view outside the window is:

3. What does the woman ask of Ransom?

4. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:

5. The walls of the ship seem to shift constantly because:

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